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The art of being outstanding

Andrea Sutcliffe, Care Quality Commission

Andrea Sutcliffe summarises the CQC's new strategic priorities and highlights how high quality arts can help make care homes outstanding.

Jacksons Lane and work with older people

Stuart Cox, Jackson's Lane

Stuart Cox of Jackson's Lane theatre explains how they have sought to develop their offering for local older people in Haringey, London.

LGBTI rights – the human rights struggle for our generation

Danny Sriskandarajah, Civicus

The rights of LGBTI citizens across the world are intrinsically bound up all our rights. We need to build a broad-based, progressive alliance.

International Development

Using art to create outstanding care

Des Kelly OBE reflects on the contribution of the array of creative arts to improving quality in care.

Inspiring change – the arts and older people in Ireland

François Matarasso

François Matarasso describes the magic of the Bealtaine festival for older people in the Republic of Ireland.

Transforming our world through investment

Jo Mountford, ShareAction

ShareAction's new report suggests that the involvement and commitment of private sector actors will be needed if we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

International Development

Independence in Question: the voluntary sector in 2016

Caroline Slocock, Civil Exchange

The independence of the voluntary sector has hit a five year low according to Civil Exchange’s new report, Independence in Question.

Strengthening Civil Society

The UN Sustainable Development Goals and LGBT inclusion – new Stonewall paper

Kit Dorey, Stonewall

Lesbian, gay, bi and trans people worldwide must be included properly in aid and development.

International Development

Dementia and imagination

Creative approaches help us challenge our conventional notions of engagement with people with dementia.

Both sides of the coin: the distinctive value of art in health care

François Matarasso

Let's stop trying to ‘prove’ the value of arts interventions in health care only according to narrow scientific assessment models, says Baring Foundation trustee François Matarasso.